Michalis Souyioul was a significant Greek composer in the early and middle 20th century.

He was born in Aydın

Aydin

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, in the Ottoman Empire

Ottoman Empire

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, but his family came to Athens

Athens

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 in 1920. He was playing piano

Piano

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 and later went to Marseille

Marseille

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 for musical studies. He was also relative to the well known Greek photographer Nelly's

Nelly's

Elli Souyioultzoglou-Seraïdari b.1899 - d.1998 is one the most celebrated Greek photographers of all time, and during the interwar period became one of the world's most celebrated female photographers...

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During the Interwar period

Interwar period

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 and the 50's, he wrote over 700 songs in diferent styles (tango

Tango music

Tango is a style of ballroom dance music in 2/4 or 4/4 time that originated among European immigrant populations of Argentina and Uruguay . It is traditionally played by a sextet, known as the orquesta típica, which includes two violins, piano, double bass, and two bandoneons...

, waltz

Waltz

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, serenades, folk

Greek folk music

Greek folk music includes a variety of Greek styles played by ethnic Greeks in Greece, Cyprus, Australia, the United States and elsewhere. Apart from the common music found all-around Greece, there are distinct types of folk music, sometimes related to the history or simply the taste of the...

, laiko

Laïkó

Laïkó ), is a Greek music genre. Also called folk song or urban folk music , in its plural form is a Greek music genre which has taken many forms over the years...

, romances

Romance (music)

The term romance has a centuries-long history. Applied to narrative ballads in Spain, it came to be used by the 18th century for simple lyrical pieces not only for voice, but also for instruments alone. During the 18th and 19th centuries Russian composers developed the French variety of the...

 etc)

He composed also music for the Greek theatre and for ten Greek movies. His compositions were among some of the most popular pieces of the time. He co-worked with significant lyricists (such as Alekos Sakellarios

Alekos Sakellarios

Alekos Sakellarios was a Greek writer and a director.He was born in Athens and began to learn journalism and acting at a young age. He wrote his first theatrical play in 1935 called The King of Halva...

) and singers (Sofia Vembo

Sofia Vembo

Sofia Vembo was a leading Greek singer and actress active from the interwar period to the early postwar years and the 50s. She became best known for her performance of patriotic songs during the Greco-Italian War, when she was dubbed the "Songstress of Victory".Her real name was Efi Bebo...

, Nikos Gounaris

Nikos Gounaris

-Biography:Gounaris began playing the mandolin at the age of four. He attended the musical Conservatory of Music in Athens.Gounaris was a Greek Elafró singer and among the foremost Greek composers and musicians of the 1950s and 1960s. He was especially popular in the Greek community in America...

, Tony Maroudas, Kalouta sisters etc).